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How to change the Symantec Endpoint Protection DB Backup Location

I shouldn’t have had to write this post, but the Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 database backup and restore utility sucks. There is no straight-forward way to change the backup destination folder!First of all, there is the official version of how to change the location of the database backup folder created by “Database Backup and Restore [...]

How to Speed-up Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager Console

From the number of hits I’ve been getting on the posts on How to move Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager to another server and on How to change Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager port its seems that a lot of you seem to be in need of information on this product. So I thought I’d share with [...]

How to change Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager port

UPDATE : Starting with Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.3.2224 MR3, the default communications port for SEPM and the SEP clients is now 8014.  However, upgrading from previous versions leave this port at default 80 or 443. Aslo, a more practical and newer version of How to Change the Communications Management Port for SEPM and SEP Clients can be found at [...]

How to move Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager to another server

For various reasons you may need to move Symantec Endpoint Protection
Manager from one server to another. Another server meaning one with a different IP address and Host
name.
I needed to do this sometime back, one of the reasons being a conflict for port 80 on IIS. Windows
Server Update Services (WSUS), Self Update service accesses the WSUS
server [...]

Vanishing Hard Disk Space?

Is your free disk space gradually vanishing after installing Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)?
If you have noticed this, check out the following locations on your hard drive
on Windows Vista:[installed drive]:\ProgramData\Symantec\Definitions\VirusDefs  
or on older Microsoft OS versions such as Windows XP Windows 2000:[installed drive]:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs
If it looks like this:

you may need to update your Symantec Endpoint Protection installation to [...]

Symantec support for Sri Lankan users

Symantec support is now just a phone call away [Toll-Free!] for Sri Lankan users.
Symantec Corporation, the world’s fourth largest software company recently launched a Toll Free 24 hour support service via its Global Support Centres in Singapore and Australia, for the benefit of its Sri Lankan users. Henceforth Symantec customers in Sri Lanka can dial either 2422035 [...]